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Category Archives: Tax Fraud
And They’re Born Every Day…
Two tales of Bozo tax preparers came out at week’s end, and both come from Denver. First, Kennedy Oduro liked to make sure his customers got refunds. He invented false deductions and credits, and saved his clients $283,000 in 2003 … Continue reading
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Charger Finds His Way to ClubFed
It hasn’t been a good year for the San Diego Chargers. Their best defensive player, Shawne Merriman, is out for the year. They’ve struggled on offense. Yet their only one game out of first place. For one former Charger it’s … Continue reading
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More Tax Fraud
There’s lots of fraud to report this week. Here are some more of the lowlights. First, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report noting that over $1.6 billion in false refunds were estimated to have been … Continue reading
Tax Fraud: The Food Edition
There was so much tax fraud reported this week that I’m writing two posts on it. Here I’m going to take a look at two frauds from restaurants and one from farming. Let’s start in Freeport, Long Island, New York. … Continue reading
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Six Years of Tax Fraud ($40 Million Worth) Gets Nine Years at ClubFed
Alan Fabian seemed to have everything. He was an entrepreneur, a political fundraiser, had numerous “successful businesses”—in short, he appeared to have everything. But it was a fraud. Actually, multiple frauds. Mr. Fabian may have, at one time, actually been … Continue reading
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Not Much to Look Forward to When He’s 92
Irwin Schiff has about twelve more years left on his sentence. He’s 79, so the chance of him promoting his illegal tax reduction schemes was slight. It’s now zero. From Las Vegas comes the news that a federal court has … Continue reading
Too Much Fraud
I counted over thirty interesting tax evasion stories from the last few days. There’s no way I’m going to put them all in a post so here are the highlights. First, let’s head to Gallatin County, Montana. Ruth Amande knew … Continue reading
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Survivor: Morgantown Renewed for 12 Months
Richard Hatch, the Survivor winner who was convicted of tax evasion, won’t be leaving the Morgantown, West Virginia Federal Correctional Institution anytime soon. The US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal today. Mr. Hatch had charged that the trial … Continue reading
He Should Have Known Better
My thanks to Joe Kristan for highlighting an interesting and amusing (to me) Tax Court case today: Baisden v. Commissioner. Mr. Baisden is a CPA, and he had a unique way of preparing tax returns: In an effort to explain … Continue reading
More Fraud
An interesting week for tax fraud. There’s a typical case out of the San Joaquin Valley, a jailed promoter who may have to spend even longer at ClubFed, and an attorney who admitted that he lied under oath to the … Continue reading
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